Spring is here and it’s time to get outside, step into the garden, and make fun and kid-friendly outdoor crafts. Spring is here and with summer around the corner, kids are staying at home more, and for most of us, at home now. Get everyone outside by making crafts that anyone can do. From teacup bird feeders, to fairy houses…
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How To Make A Cement Fabric Flower Pot With Cloth And Balloons Have you needed a larger planter? With gardening season here, I thought making this fabric draped flower pot would fit the mold- so to speak. 🙂 I really wanted one that emphasizes curves, so I decided to add the balloons. Plus the balloons give the flower pot more…
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Are you looking for some easy DIY planter projects that are easy? I’ve chosen 21 planter tutorials of most can be done in less than an hour, and are kid-friendly as well. You may even have the supplies to make some of these hanging around your house. There are so many items you can use to make planters. You can…
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Make a beautiful green DIY marbled concrete planter for succulents- using white concrete and acrylic paint! Are you as enthralled with the look of marbled concrete as I am? It overloads my brain with creativity when thinking about all the color and pattern possibilities. You can make swirly patterns, flowy patterns, veiny patterns. The possibilities seem endless. Marbling is one…
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Add white and red concrete pigment to color your DIY cement planter. A Pink Colored Cement Planter? Yes! Have you been dying to make colored concrete or cement planters? Sometimes we concrete people need some color in our lives, right? Just adding a bit of pigment can have a big effect on your cement crafts project. I seriously was dreaming…
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I consider myself a novice when it comes to working with concrete and cement pigments. I know there are many types of pigments and many ways to color concrete so I have been anxious to start experimenting with types of cement pigments and techniques for coloring concrete crafts. There’s no better way to learn, than by experimenting. As I mentioned…
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Part 1 Getting Started Making Cement & Concrete Crafts. Learn The Basics! **Updated 3/6/20 Welcome! To make it easier for you, I have merged this Getting Started Making Cement Crafts post with my Advanced Techniques post. If you would like to just skip ahead to Advanced Techniques, then click to go directly to Part 2 | Advanced Concrete Crafts Techniques….
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A DIY cement planter with succulent relief design that’s recessed into the cement! The design was created with a Cricut, but can be done by hand too! Making a cement planter with a succulent relief design is something I have been wanting to do for a long time. I had seen someone do something similar with lace and thought it…
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A quick tutorial on how to cast these cute cement egg planters with drainage holes, using a real eggshell for the mould. Updated 2/2/2020 Easter is around the corner and I have the hardest time knowing how to decorate for this holiday. Truth be told, I’m not the greatest decorator anyway, regardless of the fact that I’m a kitchen designer…
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